Horrified tip workers find body of elderly man in freezer that had been removed from flat in house clearance as man, 50, is arrested on suspicion of murder
- The body of an elderly man was found inside the freezer in Exhall, Warwickshire It had been moved from a Birmingham flat by a housing association
- Man, 50, believed to be known to the victim, was arrested in Derby
A 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a tip worker found the body of an elderly man when he opened a discarded freezer.
The freezer was moved from a flat clearance in Birmingham to a waste management centre in Colliery Lane, Exhall, before the shocking discovery was made.
The victim is yet to be formally identified. A post-mortem will be carried out tomorrow to help with the identification.
The 50-year-old man is believed to have been known to the victim, said police, and was taken into police custody in Derby.
West Midlands police said enquiries were ongoing and that a murder investigation had been launched.
The body was found in a freezer that was transported to Colliery Lane, Exhall, from a flat in Birmingham. (Pictured above is a tip on Colliery Lane, Exhall